English Version In serious countries, the separation of powers and roles is sacred and requires from those in power a scrupulous respect for the constitutional and legal dispositions of these powers and these roles. In serious countries a civilian may not wear military uniform because the military person wearing the uniform is representing the defense and protection of the country, which is a very specific and specialized role. The improper wearing of uniforms by civilians is prohibited, as only the military are required upholding the image conferred on them by wearing their uniforms. Attention to the uniform that identifies the military is of great importance, because it is the uniform that should create trust in the public that they are protected. Therefore, when impostors are in uniform, public perception becomes cloudy. The soldier must deliver strong natural impression of rigor, honesty and commitment, reflecting a professional virtue and a correction above suspic…

English Version The 4 students constituted political prisoners by the Ali Bongo regime have been temporarily released from their prison’s cell. However, they should still appear before the judge on 12 January 2015. Welcome back to these four brave Gabonese who all are in possession of their original birth certificate. As for us, we must continue to put even more pressure to bring down this regime that is crumbling.

English Version Dear readers, this blog will not teach you anything by telling you that free journalism does not mix well with the monochrome discourse based on single thought. The very nature of journalism places it at the intersection of scientific rigor and a presentation and interpretation of events that could indicate to the populations to which way the truth and the future are pointing. It is for trying to do their job rigorously and interpret the reality of daily Gabon in an uncompromising way, that two of the best journalists of contemporary Gabon, Jonas Moulenda and Désiré Ename, find themselves once again in Ali Bongo’s crosshair. Both journalists are used to these dictatorial intimidations. How many times have they already been jailed by the regime? We have lost count. They were yet again both arrested on Friday, 19 December 2014 by Ali Bongo’s security forces. As soon as they were released from such custody, D…

English Version In the entire history of the country, such scenes of long lines to buy cooking gas and to fill up ones cart, have never been seen. The country is dying. Version française De toute l’histoire du Gabon, de telles scènes de longues queues pour acheter du gaz et pour faire le plein de son véhicule, n’ont jamais été vues. Le pays se meure.

1. On 20 December 2014, free Gabonese citizens wanted to demonstrate publicly, democratically and peacefully. Your police have charged them, open fire on them; causing the death of the compatriot Bruno Mboulou Beka and others whose identities have not yet been revealed; and many injured showing the bullet holes in their battered bodies. Mr. Issoze Ngondet, you broadcasted a fake video to exonerate yourselves of this murder, while two other videos shot by people who were a few meters away from the assassination, have indeed confirmed that our compatriot died following the firing from security forces and immediately we see on these videos rescuers pointing fingers towards the security forces, saying, "they have killed, they have killed." Mr. Issoze Ngondet, these are the methods of a dictatorship!

2. On December 20, 2014, your security forces conducted raids in the streets and private homes, arresting and incarcerating anything that moved. Testimonies by parents …

Dear readers, here is an excerpt of a communications by lawyer Paulette Oyane Ondo, made on 25 December, which is chilling. We let you be the judge.

Dear All,Poupi has just regained his freedom. He was released from the Fopi today 25 December around 4-5 pm with other children with the youngest being 8 years old.Thanks to the Gabonese government, the world discovered that in Gabon there are Revolutionaries of 8 years old. This significantly improves the image of the Gabonese people that the world did not take too seriously.

English version ASSASSINATION OF MR MBOULOU BEKA BRUNO As everyone knows, Mr. Mboulou was killed by the security forces who shot him on 20 December 2014. The tactics of the security forces was not to leave behind traces of their misdeeds. That is why they were collecting all the bodies that fell under their bullets and took them away. The crowd noticed this process and when Mboulou fell under the Gabonese State’s bullets, and that the security forces undertook to retrieve his body, they intervened and prevented mischief. They stopped a taxi that was passing by and who agreed to take Mr. Mboulou, who was still breathing, to the hospital. Some brave Gabonese decided to accompany him and ride in the taxi. This was around 3:00 pm. The taxi is intercepted before arriving at the hospital by the security forces that captures the body of Mr. Mboulou and take it to Gros Bouquet. The taxi driver and the other passengers were also taken into custody. While the crowd was helping to sa…